# Panther Creek Energy Facility

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/panther-creek-energy-facility

Bitfarms - Carbon County - PJM

Panther Creek Energy Facility is a 94 MW conventional steam coal plant in Carbon County. Panther Creek is an 80 MW coal refuse-fired plant in Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, on 33 acres. It began operation on June 16, 1992 and runs two circulating fluidized bed combustors. Stronghold Digital Mining bought it in 2021, and Bitfarms acquired Stronghold in March 2025. As of mid-2025 the plant burns waste coal and shredded tires to create energy for bitcoin mining, under a May 2025 state permit allowing tire derived fuel.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 94 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 50776 — plant-50776

## Facts

- **Technology:** Conventional Steam Coal
- **Operator:** Olympus Power
- **Operating status:** Operating

## Related parties

- **Owner / parent company:** Bitfarms — owner
- **Former owner:** Stronghold Digital Mining — former_owner
- **Former owner / operator:** Olympus Power — former_owner

## Sources

- [powermag.com](https://www.powermag.com/group-buys-pennsylvania-coal-plants-to-power-bitcoin-mining) — powermag.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [tnonline.com](https://www.tnonline.com/?p=277522) — tnonline.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [tnonline.com](https://www.tnonline.com/?p=277684) — tnonline.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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